2006-07-13 12:51:06 · 20 answers · asked by marla j 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
True. Some people use BCE, meaning "before common era," to avoid the Christian reference. But it is well known that our system of counting years is based on Jesus actually being born in 4 BC; someone did the math wrong.
2006-07-13 12:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes B.C. means Before the birth of Christ. Also A.D. is a Latin phrase the exact words of which, "Anno Domini" mean " in the year of Our Lord."
2006-07-13 19:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by sir_john_65 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All dates before His birth would be a certain number of years "BC"—Before Christ. All dates after His birth would be "AD"—which is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase Anno Domini. The word "Anno" refers to the concept of "year"… and thus shows up as a source for such English words as "annual" and "anniversary." The word "Domini" refers to the concept of "Lord" and shows up as a source for such English words as "dominate" ("lord it over") and "dominion" (lands ruled by a lord). Thus Anno Domini means "The Year of Our Lord", referring to the Lordship of Jesus. Throughout the next several hundred years, this way of referring to dates was eventually accepted by the whole world in international commerce—even by those nations who did not profess any belief in Jesus. Some, such as Israel, still use their own dating system within their own society. But the common system is used when dealing between nations.
2006-07-13 19:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by WiseWon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that's right. b.c. means before Christ.
2006-07-13 21:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by ♥DRV♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is correct B.C. means -- before Christ
2006-07-13 19:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does but "A.D." does not mean "After Death" like that peson would lead you to believe. How could 1 BC be Before Christ and 1 AD be after his death? AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "anno domini" which means "in the year of our Lord."
2006-07-13 19:56:35 · answer #6 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, BC means Before Crist.
AD meas "Anno Domini", Latin for "In the Year of Our Lord". You will hear this long form in older, historic documents.
Some countries, BC is AC, "Antes Christo" or "Before Christ" in the local language.
2006-07-13 19:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally yes, now it means Before Common.
2006-07-13 19:54:13 · answer #8 · answered by Xymon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and AD means anno domini (year of (our) lord). I'm sure there is a good reason for the linguistic inconsistency in the abbreviations but I don't really care enough to research it.
I've seen "BCE" for "before common era" (CE = AD in that schema).
2006-07-13 19:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by perseph1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and A.D. means anno domine or the year of our Lord. Some people are using BCE(before the common era) and CE(common era).
2006-07-13 19:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋